South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole Friday, almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world.Having served more than half his sentence, the 37-year-old double-amputee will leave the Atteridgeville prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria.The time and …

S.Africa’s Pistorius to be released from prisonFri, 05 Jan 2024 04:20:18 GMT Read More »

Senegal’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a six-month suspended sentence handed to jailed opposition leader Ousmane Sonko for defamation, a state lawyer said, a decision widely seen as jeopardising his chances of running for president.The 49-year-old, who has filed to stand in next month’s presidential election, has been at the centre of a stand-off with …

Senegal’s top court upholds opposition leader defamation convictionFri, 05 Jan 2024 03:00:47 GMT Read More »

Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, the commander of Sudanese paramilitary forces that are fighting the national army, met South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria on Thursday as part of a tour of African capitals.Daglo has also met regional leaders in Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia and Djibouti since late December, his first visits abroad since the start of …

Sudan paramilitary leader Daglo holds talks in PretoriaThu, 04 Jan 2024 21:05:55 GMT Read More »

India’s victory in the second Test against South Africa in Cape Town on Thursday broke many records, most notably becoming the shortest completed Test match in the history of the game, lasting just 624 balls. AFP looks at the five shortest matches to produce a winner in the 147-year history of Test cricket. – 642 balls: India …

Cricket: Five shortest Tests in historyThu, 04 Jan 2024 17:30:46 GMT Read More »

French energy giant TotalEnergies said Thursday it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.TotalEnergies is pushing ahead with its Tilenga drilling project in Uganda and the 1,443-kilometre (897-mile) East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) to transport it to the coast in Tanzania …

TotalEnergies to review land buyouts in contested Africa projectsThu, 04 Jan 2024 16:20:04 GMT Read More »

The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa’s large birds of prey facing a human-driven “extinction crisis” researchers said on Thursday.Previous research has shown that rapid human and agricultural expansion has had a particularly dire impact on vultures in Africa, due to habitat change and poisoning.But the new study by …

Africa’s large birds of prey facing ‘extinction crisis’: studyThu, 04 Jan 2024 14:39:33 GMT Read More »

Indian captain Rohit Sharma said his team’s seven-wicket win inside two days over South Africa in the second Test at Newlands on Thursday had shown their ability to play anywhere in the world.India bounced back from an innings defeat in the first Test in Centurion to share the two-match series, chasing down a target of …

Victorious India are a danger anywhere in the world, says SharmaThu, 04 Jan 2024 12:53:55 GMT Read More »

Kenyan President William Ruto has triggered uproar after accusing some judicial officials of working corruptly with his opponents to try to derail some key government policies.Ruto, who was elected in 2022 on a pledge to ease the hardship of ordinary Kenyans, has been on a campaign to slash public debt and “wasteful” government expenditure in …

Uproar in Kenya over Ruto criticism of judiciaryThu, 04 Jan 2024 12:20:33 GMT Read More »

French energy giant TotalEnergies on Thursday said it had launched a review of its land acquisition practices for controversial $10-billion projects in Uganda and Tanzania slammed by environmentalists.TotalEnergies is pushing ahead with its Tilenga drilling project in Uganda and the 1,443-kilometre (897-mile) East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) to transport it to the coast in …

TotalEnergies to review land buyouts in contested Africa projectsThu, 04 Jan 2024 11:08:04 GMT Read More »

A succession of high and low sounds from the Nigerien musician’s drum is a kind of telegram but few today understand its message.Each beat is a syllable in the Hausa language.”You see, he heard his name!” said Oumarou Adamou, alias Maidouma, one of Niger’s most celebrated traditional musicians, delighted when his assistant responded to the call.He’s …

Niger struggles to keep its traditional music aliveThu, 04 Jan 2024 09:15:55 GMT Read More »